Ditching the dummy at 11 months

[LCF2021]

How do we do this?!!

DD will be 1 at the end of this month and only has her dummy for sleep, never during the day. She can put it back in herself at night. However, as she moves so much in her sleep she often knocks the dummies out of the cot and the clattering sound disturbs her and she can’t get back off to sleep then. I think we probably need to get rid of it once and for all but how?

DS self-weaned from his dummy at 9 months and became attached to a comforter instead so I’ve not had to do this before.

Will it be hell?

When lo can't get back to sleep.... does she have a opportunity to be able to put another dummy back in?

We have a load in my Los cot. So when she knocks them out there's usually another to take its place.

Some people say it's tough few days. Personally I'm pro dummy as she self soothes with it. But that's just our preference.

I didn't risk it with mine at that age. I liked the fact that he'd sleep with it and there's no way I'd have risked him not sleeping. He just had it for naps and to sleep. He had it until he was 3.5 and we told him at Christmas if he found all the dummy's and put them in a box father Christmas would give them to all the babies being born and would leave him a present. It worked really well, he only asked for a dummy once and we reminded him about the babies and his special present and he was fine!

@ChittyBang1987 She usually has 5 in her cot but over the course of the evening and night they get knocked through the cot bars and on to the floor. I’d planned to keep it for longer as she’s been sleeping well and it’s only at sleep times that she has it but I’m conscious that it may be becoming an issue if it’s disturbing her when it drops.

@Cotswoldmama I feel the same! I’m scared of risking it and being up all night with her but I’m also aware that it may now be disturbing her.

We had to get rid of the dummy at around 11 months as DS randomly put the whole thing in his mouth. Because of our safety concerns we just took them all away cold turkey, I felt awful but he was actually fine about it. He didn't cry for it at all, I think there was a couple of unsettled nights but slept through fine after that. In a way I'm pleased it went at that stage as I think it would be much trickier to get rid of now he's 2.

Wow, 5? My lo is a mover in the night so she has 5 to 6 each end then a couple on the long part of the cot either side so ends up about 15 in cot plus one in her mouth. I can see what your saying though. It just seems a bit young to me, but your her parent and you know your lo. I was planning more like the pp tbh. When you do it, be prepared of some nights of being unsettled. She may cope well but she might not.